Snus is a type of smokeless tobacco originating from and popular in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries. Brands include: Carhart's CC, Peach Sweet, and Tube Rose, among others.Īmerican (moist) snuff is a term synonymous with dipping tobacco or "dip".Ī can (or tin) of Skruf brand loose (Swedish: lös) snus, with some formed into a pris or prilla. It is placed in the lower lip, and is most popular in the South. Īlthough less common, American (dry) snuff also exists, and is typically used orally in a similar manner to moist snuff. The major brand names of European snuffs are: Toque Tobacco (UK), Bernards (Germany), Fribourg & Treyer (UK), Gawith (UK), Gawith Hoggarth (UK), Hedges (UK), Lotzbeck (Germany), McChrystal's (UK), Pöschl (Germany), Toque (UK), and Wilsons of Sharrow (UK). Generally a small portion of dry snuff is either pinched in the fingers or laid out on the wrist of the user, from where it is sniffed.Įuropean snuff comes in several varieties: plain, toast (fine ground and very dry), "medicated" (with menthol, camphor, eucalyptus, etc.), scented, and Schmalzler, a German variety. Snuff is not deeply "snorted" (such as in the way cocaine is) because snuff shouldn't get past the nose, i.e. Snuff powder originated in the UK town of Great Harwood and was famously ground in the town's monument prior to local distribution and transport further up north to Scotland.Įuropean (dry) snuff is intended to be shallowly "sniffed" (technically insufflated) into the nose, where nicotine is absorbed through the mucous membranes in the nostrils. In the U.S., this is often called "Scotch Snuff", a folk-etymology derivation of the scorching process used to dry the cured tobacco by the factory. Originally the term referred only to dry snuff, a fine tan dust popular mainly in the 18th century. Snuff is a generic term for fine-ground smokeless tobacco products. Several types and consistencies of nasal/dry snuff. cigarette holder), cigar cutters (including cigar scissors or shears), cigar cases, and humidors. Tobacciana associated with cigars include cigar tubes, cigar boxes, cigar holders (also known as "cigar mouthpieces" cf. (Cigarillos, blunts, and little cigars, for instance.) Cigarettes may be the most notable example of this deviation, although they do, in a sense, represent a category of their own. Some products developed from the cigar are, however, markedly different from the traditional product. There are numerous varieties of cigar, differentiated by their respective size, shape, color, and composition. The cigar is one of the oldest methods of preparing tobacco for consumption, some of the first cigars being introduced to Europeans as rolls of tobacco smoked by the Taíno of 15th century Cuba. The health effects of tobacco consumption are discussed in the article health effects of tobacco.Ī cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the smoker's mouth and expelled thus the cigar is generally "puffed on" (like a tobacco pipe) as opposed to being inhaled from (as is the case with cigarettes). Tobacco products can generally be divided into two types: smoked tobacco (see tobacco smoking) and smokeless tobacco.Īn expert in tobacco and tobacco products - especially pipes, pipe tobacco, and cigars-including their procurement and sale, is called a tobacconist. These are most often consumable however, tobacco and the nicotine derived from it are also used to create pesticides. Once tobacco has been grown, harvested, cured, and processed, it is used to produce a number of different products.
tabacum and other species of Nicotiana, and forms the basis of a number of unique tobacco products, including several preparations used in Latin American shamanic ceremonies. rustica in particular contains much more nicotine than N.
The vast majority of commercially available tobacco is derived from the species Nicotiana tabacum, although it is also produced from Nicotiana alata, and to a lesser extent Nicotiana clevelandii, Nicotiana longiflora, and Nicotiana rustica, among others. See types of tobacco and curing of tobacco for more information. All species of Nicotiana contain the addictive drug nicotine-a stimulant and sedative contained in all parts of the plants except the seeds-which occurs in varying amounts depending on the species and variety cultivated. Tobacco is the agricultural product of the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. The following is an incomplete list of tobacco products. Nicotiana tabacum (cultivated tobacco) plants growing in Intercourse, Pennsylvania.